Beauty Comic Cultivation Record

Chapter 163: The 162nd Retreat: Asking for help, the Avengers’ alternative

Author: Zhu Bajie who pursues dreams

Chapter 163: The 162nd Retreat: Asking for help, the Avengers’ alternative

The night was getting dark, and a bright moon was half-hidden in the clouds.

Tang Song closed the thick steel door, activated the warning array he had arranged, and sat cross-legged in the center of the altar.

Throughout the manor, among the decorative rockeries and flowers and trees, some equipment was spread out to form a series of bright optical focusing mirrors.

A dozen desktop-sized optical focusing mirrors were aimed at the bright moon hanging in the sky. The moonlight was gathered together by these mirrors, turning into wisps of silver light and projected onto the lake.

For a moment, the calm surface of the artificial lake in Tang Manor began to ripple slightly.

The bright moonlight seemed to be undulating on the lake like a silver plate,

The whole gourd-shaped artificial lake, the mouth of the gourd mouth, the bright silver moonlight is like a huge silver ball undulating, sinking into the middle of the lake along the lake water

The silver moonlight turns into a light blue moonlight little by little as the lake water flows.

In the lake, some koi carps swam from the lake to the manor's waterway in panic, as if they sensed the coming earthquake.

Deep in the bottom of the lake, a group of ferocious and weird white skeletons that were originally motionless began to move and surfaced, gulping down the moonlight essence dotted in the lake.

And more moonlight energy poured into the stone pavilion along the lake water, followed the four legs of the camel stele and sank into the secret room at the bottom of the lake...

Thirty-six golden coffins of good fortune and longevity are open on the altar.

Thirty-six shining silver body-armored corpses looked up to the sky in a posture of worshiping the moon, breathing in the purest lunar essence!

In the center of the altar, Tang and Song sat cross-legged on a sapphire futon, holding a ghost bone flag in his left hand, and his right hand protruded into a sword finger, and a shadow of a sword appeared, as if it were a substance.

As traces of pure white sword energy circulated, Tang and Song Dynasties carved fine spiritual patterns on the flags of the ghost bone flags.

The white bone flag pole as thick as an index finger is as warm as jade, but as hard as iron.

The sword commanders of the Tang and Song dynasties moved and cut rapidly against the bone flag pole, quickly leaving dense ant-like traces on the pole.

A bone flag was soon carved,

Tang and Song placed the bone flag three feet in front of themselves and began to circulate the Tianhe True Essence in their bodies.

Slowly, I don’t know how many cycles it has been running,

The dense spiritual patterns on the shaft of the white bone flag lit up, and wisps of thick red translucent gas emerged from the flag's body.

This is the purest energy and blood power accumulated in the ghost bones after devouring hundreds of creatures and demons.

The ghost bone flag is like a bone millstone composed of dozens of restrictions and thousands of spiritual patterns.

The flesh, blood, and soul of any creature swallowed into the flag will be crushed and swallowed.

Bones, flesh and blood turn into nutrients in the white bone flags, and souls nourish the ghosts and gods in the white bone flags.

However, the millstone rotates and grinds for nine turns, leaving behind the purest energy and blood, which is comparable to some powerful medicines for energy and blood.

A trace of energy and blood began to pour into Tang and Song's body from the bone flag.

Bits of Qi and blood were constantly inhaled, inhaled, inhaled by Tang and Song Dynasties

It penetrated into the limbs and bones of Tang and Song Dynasties, strengthening his muscles, bones, qi and blood...

In Tang and Song Dynasties, his hands were shaped like lotus flowers, and his fingers were beating rapidly. A series of dazzling silver brilliance formed complex spells in the air, and they were quickly printed on the acupoints all over his body!

What was practiced in the Tang and Song Dynasties was a Taoist method that used external force to stimulate the physical body.

There are two schools of Buddhism and Taoism. Buddhism has a golden body, and Taoism also has golden tendons and jade bones!

They are both methods of cultivating the physical body, and both families also have their own demon-conquering Arhats and Taoist protectors.

But speaking of it, most people from both Buddhist and Taoist families still focus on practicing Dharma.

To hone one's physical body, one can cultivate both law and martial arts, even in Jambudur Continent.

It is precisely because of this that the concept of sanctification of the flesh is so valuable.

However, the true disciples of the Buddhist and Taoist families naturally have their own ways to make up for the shortcomings of the physical body.

Buddhism has Bodhi Daigo, which is said to be brewed from three thousand medicinal herbs, and even contains the Buddha's faded golden body powder from Buddhist eminent monks.

It is said that if you smear your whole body with Bodhi Daigo every day, you will be able to bind a dragon with just one armor, no less than a demon cultivator of the same level.

Although the Taoist sect does not have as many golden relics of reincarnated monks as the Buddhist sect, the effects of the Taishang Daode Sect's Golden Tendon Pill and Jade Bone Pill are not inferior to those of the Buddhist Bodhi Daigo.

The method used in the Tang and Song Dynasties was passed down from Taishang Daodezong. This method can stimulate the physical acupoints and absorb the medicinal effects of Jinjin Dan and Yugu Wan.

Although there was no Golden Muscle and Jade Bone Pill to be used in the Tang and Song dynasties, there was great medicine for the human body. The effect of the energy and blood extracted from the Ghost White Bone Flag after swallowing countless creatures was no worse than that of the Golden Muscle and Jade Bone Pill.

The person who originally created this method was a Yuanshen Daxiu from the Demon Sect, who was also a Taoist wizard.

Taoists often say that there are great medicines in the human body to encourage people to explore their own potential, but this person went astray and treated people as medicine.

In the end, he really figured out something, which was the power of Qi and blood.

In the ancient heaven, he would devour the mortals and monks of a country at every turn.

It is more ferocious than some demon kings and big demons, and can be called the unparalleled demon.

When in the realm of Yuanshen, the physical body is comparable to that of a pure Yang demon cultivator, and can be said to be invincible at the same level, and can even surpass the level to challenge the pure Yang true immortal.

Later, when his Yuan Shen Yang transformed and wanted to refine his Yuan Shen with the help of heavenly thunder, he was directly struck by the five thunders of the original Nine Heavens Ying Yuan Universal Transformation Tianzun, and his soul was shattered to pieces.

This kind of taboo method has long been lost in Jambu Continent.

The Tang and Song Dynasties also found this method in the root imprint.

One shot, two shots, three shots, four shots...

Four Ghost Bone Flags, the purest energy and blood power of tens of thousands of people

It turned into wisps of red and translucent gas and surrounded the Tang and Song Dynasties.

Soon a cocoon like red amber surrounded him!

…………

"It's been three days! The boss hasn't come out yet!?"

In the small conference room of Tang and Song Dynasty's study room in the manor, Kane cut the German sausage into thin slices with a knife and fork, put it in the bread, made a simple sandwich and ate it.

"The boss has told me that he will be in seclusion for at least five or six days, or as long as half a month. The boss will have to wait at least a few days before he can leave the retreat!"

Ryan skillfully picked up a small steamed bun with chopsticks, dipped it in vinegar, and stuffed it into his mouth.

In his hand, a tablet computer kept refreshing information. Some messages that needed urgent processing were specially changed to red.

While eating breakfast, Ryan was busy dealing with the affairs at hand.

The normal business within the group has been handled by professional managers. Everything that appears on Ryan's computer is a secret that cannot be known to outsiders.

Just like the international trading company they opened, in fact, it is a money laundering company that launders counterfeit banknotes, smuggling, money earned from black casinos, and some inconvenient funds through this trading company.

There are four such trading companies under the Tang Group, and each company's monthly turnover exceeds 100 million.

The general direction of a company like this is controlled by Ryan himself.

"Hello, Mr. Justin,"

Ryan was checking a dividend account in Italy when the phone on the table suddenly rang.

Ryan glanced at the phone number, picked up the phone, and connected it.

"You want to see our boss. I'm sorry, Mr. Justin, but the boss is not in New York recently. Do you have anything to do?"

"Not in New York! Didn't Tang just come back from Monaco? Well, when he returns to New York, please tell him that I have something to ask him about and I need to see him!"

Kane stuffed the last bit of sandwich on hand into his mouth, chewed it, and swallowed it.

"Justin Hammer! He's looking for the boss?"

Ryan put the hung up phone back on the table: "There is nothing important. In the past few days, Stark Industries has used all its contacts and public relations to suppress Hammer Industries.

The purpose of Justin Hammer's meeting with his boss at this time is probably to let the boss act as a middleman to talk to Tony Stark and plead for mercy!"

"Why is Stark Industries attacking Hammer Industries? Is Stark Industries planning to return to the arms market?"

Kane asked with some confusion. He had been on the battlefield in East Africa during this period and didn't know much about what was happening in New York.

Moreover, Ryan usually takes care of the company's affairs.

Ryan picked up the cup filled with soy milk and took a sip. He answered Kane's question without raising his head in his busy schedule:

"Because Tony Stark suspected that Hammer Industries hired people to kidnap Ivan Vanko!"

"Ivan Vanko, he's not here." Kane suddenly understood when he thought of Ivan Vanko whom he had just met in the base a few days ago.

"I remember we still have a lot of shares in Hammer Industries..."

"It doesn't matter. The boss bought the shares of Hammer Industrial just to go public through a backdoor listing.

Once Tang Industries annexes Hammer Industries, it will become the largest arms supplier to the federal Department of Defense in one fell swoop!"

Kane listened to Ryan's words, silently took a silver plate, and silently began to cut the steak on the plate.

Forget it! Let’s leave the brainstorming to the boss and Ryan.

"Crack!"

In the office on the top floor of the Hammer Building, Justin Hammer slammed the phone in his hand to the ground.

Not in New York, how is it possible? This Asian guy obviously doesn’t want to help him!

Damn bastard..

Justin Hammer loosened his tie and stood in front of the floor-to-ceiling window. The reflection on the glass showed anger, helplessness, and a trace of grievance in his eyes.

While in Monaco, he did think about getting Ivan Vanko to his Hammer Industries to use against Tony Stark.

But he just thought about it and didn't take action.

At most, at most, he called and inquired about the prison where Ivan Vanko would be imprisoned.

Unexpectedly, Tony Stark found someone to hack into his phone, and then used this as an excuse to suppress Hammer Industries in all aspects.

This is also the first time Justin Hammer has truly seen the influence of Stark Industries in the military.

Several batches of ordnance produced by Hammer Industries for the military were returned one after another on the grounds of substandard quality.

He even said hello and sent money through some connections, but he still couldn't make the officer in charge of acceptance raise his hand.

Someone from the Ministry of National Defense has said that if several more batches of ordnance fail to pass the acceptance inspection, the Pentagon will consider changing to a powerful arms company as a supplier.

How long has it been since Hammer Industries became an arms supplier to the Department of Defense?

If the Ministry of Defense kicks out the supplier on the grounds of substandard quality

That would definitely be a fatal blow to Hammer Industries...

This is not just about stocks, it is also related to whether Hammer Industries can gain a foothold in the arms industry.

Hammer Industries must not lose its qualification as an arms supplier to the Department of Defense!

Justin Hammer stood in front of the floor-to-ceiling window for a long time and finally made up his mind.

I walked to the office, took out a spare mobile phone, and called——

"Dududu——"

There was a blind tone on the other end of the phone!

"Tony Stark!"

Justin Hammer slammed the phone in his hand to the ground again!

New Mexico

In a cafe, Tony Stark, wearing sunglasses, took out the phone in his pocket, looked at the caller ID, and hung up the phone.

"Whose call, Justin Hammer?"

Opposite Tony Stark, a bald black man wearing an eyepatch was holding a coffee cup. He just took one look at Tony Stark's expression and guessed the identity of the person who called him.

"You have people around Justin Hammer as well?"

Tony Stark looked at the agent leader in front of him and didn't give him a good look.

After all, no one would be happy if they knew that the personal secretary they had just promoted was an agent sent by others to monitor him.

Well, Tony admits that he has had the idea of ​​getting his new personal secretary into bed.

Thinking of almost having sex with a female agent who is good at killing people in bed.

Tony Stark feels a little, well, scared!

"Justin Hammer, no no, he is not qualified!" Nick Fury smiled and said: "Relax, Tony, Agent Natasha is not here to monitor you, she is sent by me to protect you!"

"Palladium poisoning, your recent behavior seems to be indulging yourself, which is very dangerous!

Could it be that the famous Iron Man cannot heal his own body?"

Tony Stark lazily leaned on the seat in the cafe. Hearing Nick Fury's words, he retorted: "I'm trying, don't worry, I will definitely find a solution!"

"Time waits for no one, Tony, your poison has penetrated deep enough!" Nick Fury's one eye keenly stared at the neck that was deliberately covered under Tony Stark's high collar.

"You don't understand, Agent, this is science. Do you know how difficult it is to find an element that can replace palladium among all elements? I have tried almost all elements."

Tony Stark was a little out of control and scolded the ignorant agents in front of him.

"No, maybe you haven't tried all the elements. Your father, Howard Stark, after he and Anton Vanke developed the Ark reactor, he upgraded the reactor himself!

I still have some things your father left for you, I hope they can help you!"

"My father, what happened back then? Ivan Vanke said that my father was a thief and a robber..."

Tony Stark looked at Nick Fury and asked hesitantly.

He was very afraid of hearing bad rumors from Nick Fury, which would destroy the tall image he had always had in his mind.

But he urgently wants to know the truth, which is also the purpose of accepting Nick Fury's invitation to come here.

“Anton Vanke and your father developed the Ark Reactor together, but Anton Vanke wanted to use the Ark Reactor for personal gain.

And your father wanted to use it to launch a world-class energy competition and improve the energy structure of the entire world. Then something happened and Anton Vanke was expelled from the Federation."

Nick Fury told Tony Stark what happened back then.

"So what is the purpose of inviting me here?"

Tony Stork listened to Nick Fury's story and made his own judgment in his mind. He took off his sunglasses, put them in his jacket pocket, looked directly into Nick Fury's eyes, and asked:

He has dealt with Nick Fury, a cunning agent, more than once, and he knows very well the way Nick Fury does things.

Whether it was handing him his father's belongings or telling what happened back then, this was not the purpose of the spy chief.

Just like fishing, these are just the bait he throws out, and what follows is his real purpose!

Nick Fury calmly drank the coffee in the cup, then put down the cup in his hand and placed his hands on the coffee table to make his words appear more solemn:

"Tony, the Strategic Homeland Defense Attack and Logistics Support Agency needs you!"

"Come on, the cover girl of a fashion magazine needs me more than your stinky, long-haired guy!"

Tony Stark took out a hundred-dollar bill from his suit pocket and placed it on the coffee table.

"If you called me all the way from New York to New Mexico just to get me to join your game, then you're probably going to be disappointed!

Do you know how much my salary is?

Oh, yes, I almost forgot, you still get dividends from Stark Industries every year!

Remember! I am raising you!

I’ll treat you to the coffee this time! Goodbye, agent!”

Putting down the dollars, Tony Stark stood up and left.

Nick Fury looked at Tony Stark and said: "Tony, now the Strategic Defense and Logistics Agency and the entire world are in danger, we need you!"

"For world security, you should go to the World Security Council"

Although Tony Stark said this, he stopped and waited quietly for Nick Fury's explanation.

"Tony! The enemy your father and I fought together has returned.

This time they are lurking in the Homeland Strategic Defense Attack and Logistics Support Agency, and they even have people at the top of various countries and the World Security Council!"

Nick Fury looked at Tony Stark and told him the seriousness of the matter.

Nick Fury didn't want others to interfere with SHIELD's internal affairs, but as he deepened his investigation into SHIELD's internal secrets.

The result was shocking. Most of the people in SHIELD were deliberately concealing something, including many senior agents at level six or seven.

Nick Fury didn't know what to believe or who to believe for a moment.

That's why he approached Tony Stark and prepared to advance his Avengers plan.

"Hydra?!" Tony Stark opened the chair and sat down again.

Since he was a child, he had heard stories about Hydra, the Howling Commandos, the evil Hydra, and the righteous Captain America, all the old stories from his mother.

But if Hydra really comes back, Tony Stark can imagine the seriousness of the matter.

"You said they were lurking among you"

Tony Stark stared at Nick Fury with a scrutinizing gaze. In addition to questioning, there was a hint of contempt in his eyes.

Nick Fury twitched the corner of his mouth and sighed: "Back then, the Federation formulated a Paperclip Plan for foreign scientists and absorbed a large number of foreign scientists!

The Strategic Science Corps, the predecessor of the Strategic Homeland Defense Attack and Logistics Support Bureau, under the leadership of your father, also absorbed a group of surrendered Hydra scientists.

The problem lies with them!”

Nick Fury said and responded with a look to Tony Stark. The meaning is very clear. Do you hear it clearly? This is the result of your father back then. I will not take the blame!

"Ahem!" Tony Stark seemed to be suffering from the symptoms of palladium poisoning again, covering his mouth and coughing twice.

"What are you going to do? Let me wear a steel suit and kill all of your people!" Tony Stark replied!

"I have a plan!" Nick Fury took out a stack of photos from the pocket of his unchanging black windbreaker.

"I plan to form a team for alien invasions, superpower crimes, and to help us eliminate Hydra from the Bureau!"

Tony Stark picked up a stack of photos that Nick Fury had placed on the coffee table and looked at them.

"A big green guy who can transform, a mutant with iron claws, are you making a cartoon, Super Boy?"

"These people are all candidates, and I will choose the real Avengers among them!" Nick Fury explained.

"Avenger, this is the name you gave me, and it's not as nice as Super Boy!" Tony Stark complained.

"Tony, the Earth is not alone. The purpose of forming the Avengers is to tell those alien races who want to invade the Earth.

Maybe they are strong, maybe we can't resist them, but the accounts will all be held on their heads. Even if we can't protect the earth, there will be Avengers who will definitely find them and avenge them!"

Tony Stark was a little stunned when he heard the almost tragic words from Nick Fury's mouth. After a while, he shrugged and said:

"An alien invasion seems so far away from us!"

"It's not that far away, but every time the earth is threatened, someone will always come forward. This time it's your turn, Tony. This is your responsibility and the responsibility of the Stark family!"

Nick Fury looked at Tony Stark meaningfully.

…………

"Sir, the person has been found!"

At this time, a slightly bald middle-aged man wearing a black suit opened the door of the cafe and walked in, interrupting the conversation between the two.

Phil Coulson first smiled kindly at Tony Stark, then walked up to Nick Fury and whispered.

"If anything happens to you, I'll leave first. We'll chat when we get to New York!"

Tony Stark looked at the mysterious two people, thought of the identities of the two agents, frowned, stood up and was about to leave.

"Tony, the reason we came to New Mexico this time is to find a potential Avenger. Now that he has been found, we need to check his qualifications and see if you are interested in meeting him!"

Upon hearing Nick Fury's invitation, Tony Stark was immediately interested.

"You seem a little scared!?"

In S.H.I.E.L.D.'s black bulletproof car, Tony Stark was surprised to find that Nick Fury, who had always had a straight face and showed no expression other than seriousness, was actually a little nervous.

"Who are we going to see? The big green guy, or the mutant with the claws?"

Tony Stark flipped through the photos in his hand, but he couldn't see what the people in the photos had the ability to do to make the agent leader nervous!

Nick Fury snatched the photo from Nick Fury's hand and stuffed it back into his coat pocket.

"He's not in these photos. To be honest, he's never been on my radar. If it weren't for Hydra...

But his ability is unique. If he can control his ability, it will bring the Avengers' strength to a higher level!"

…………

Phil Colson drove the car and soon came to a bar next to the road.

This kind of bar is opened on an interstate highway, and its customers are travelers traveling on this highway. At this time, there are already cars parked in front of the bar.

This small bar that doesn't even have a name seems to be doing pretty well.

"Aren't you going in?"

The car stopped at the door of the bar, Tony Stark opened the door,

But I saw that Nick Fury and Phil Coulson had no intention of getting out of the car.

"Tony, I need you to help me evaluate this person to see if he has the potential to become an Avenger!"

Nick Fury took out another photo from his coat pocket and handed it to Tony Stark.

Tony Stark result photos take a look:

"A motorcycle racer?"

(End of chapter)